most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
factory; plant; mill; workshop
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
single-storied house; single-storied building
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
using as an intermediary; through
billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
clanging; empty; deserted